Artists, Architects & Photographers 96

The remarkable story of George Daniels, the master craftsman who was born into poverty but raised himself to become the greatest watchmaker of the twentieth century. George Daniels (1926-2011) stand……続きを見る

SHORT-LISTED Manuela Dias Design and Illustration Awards, 2020 SHORT-LISTED Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction, 2020 Since 1970, Manitoba artist Don Proch has built an astonishing body……続きを見る

Este libro, el más famoso de Savinio y para muchos su obra maestra, fue publicado por primera vez en 1942 y, sin embargo, su esencia permanece inalterada a pesar de los años. El artista italiano se ……続きを見る

"Es gibt so wenige echte spirituelle Punks mehr... bin ich froh das du nicht kleinzukriegen bist!" (Ronny Kleiner) "Auf viel Licht folgte immer wieder ebenso viel Schatten." Irgendwann glaubte ich s……続きを見る

Retour sur l'éclosion d'une artiste qui aura révolutionné la sculpture et la place des femmes dans l'Art. Tout semble dit ou écrit sur Camille Claudel, sauf sur ses jeunes années où éclot sa vocatio……続きを見る

Women, Art and Money in England establishes the importance of women artists' commercial dealings to their professional identities and reputations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries……続きを見る

Eudora Welty’s Photographs, originally published in 1989, serves as the definitive book of the critically acclaimed writer’s photographs. Her camera’s viewfinder captured deep compassion and her art……続きを見る

An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 millionーand might not be the real thing. In 2017, Leonardo da Vi……続きを見る

Een eerlijk en intiem portret van een eigentijds huwelijk: over liefde, schrijverschap en moeder zijn – het ware verhaal achter Zout op mijn huid In Iers dagboek beschrijft Benoîte Groult de belangr……続きを見る

A 500 anni dalla morte, l'opera di Leonardo da Vinci è rivista sotto un'ottica diversa rispetto a quella generalmente riconosciuta. Leonardo così annunciava il suo celeberrimo esperimento del volo: ……続きを見る

Born in Yugoslavia into an ethnic Romanian family, raised in Serbia, groomed in the Paris music circle before relocating to New York, if anything, provide a strong metaphor for Ionel Petroi's "Musiq……続きを見る

A fascinating biography of a revolutionary American artist ripe for rediscovery as a photographer and champion of other artists   Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) was an enormously influential artist an……続きを見る

Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography explores the life and career of one of Hollywood's great dames. She was a leading film personality for more than fifty years, from her beginnings as a dancer i……続きを見る

There's more than one way to be a witch! Some witches harness the properties of herbs and crystals, and some craft their own spells and rituals for empowerment and success; some dress all in black, ……続きを見る

Great Minds Don't Think Alike surveys some of the most brilliant minds of the past and present. Discover the methods and rituals they used to forge a constructive, creative pathway, from the downrig……続きを見る

In The Photographer's Vision, international bestseller Michael Freeman examines the work of photography's greats, explaining how to view a photo and how to learn from looking at it. Photographers fe……続きを見る

The compelling life story of Armenian ceramicist David Ohannessian, whose work changed the face of Jerusalemーand a granddaughter's search for his legacy. Along the cobbled streets and golden walls ……続きを見る

Leonardo da Vinci hat mehr Forscher beschäftigt als jeder andere Künstler. Dabei erscheint heute seine «Universalität ohne Vollendung» als Versuch, die Grenzen des Wissens seiner Zeit radikal zu erw……続きを見る

In April 1988, Valerie Solanas - the writer, radical feminist and would-be assassin of Andy Warhol - was discovered dead in her hotel room, in a grimy corner of San Francisco. She was only 52; alone……続きを見る

The hilarious memoir of Britain's best-loved, highly successful comedy writer Eddie Braben, whose scripts for Morecambe and Wise catapulted the incomparable duo to stardom. The key figure behind the……続きを見る

Their Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs shockingly broke 19th Century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. They became defined by love triangles, pla……続きを見る

Frida Kahlo is regarded as one of Mexico's greatest painters: her extraordinary personal style, her tragic story, her relationship with Diego Rivera (the more famous painter in their day) alongside ……続きを見る

A MUST-HAVE COLLECTION OF RARE AND UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF KATE BUSH. WITH ESSAYS BY HER BROTHER, JOHN CARDER BUSH, ABOUT KATE'S LIFE AND CAREER. Stunning and unique images from throughout Kate Bush's……続きを見る

In Long Drawn Out Trip: My Life, Gerald Scarfe tells his life story for the first time. With captivating, often thrilling stories, he takes us from his childhood and early days at Punch and Private ……続きを見る

Published in 1996, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma was the first in-depth study of the artist's life. It has not been superseded. In this substantially revised, updated edition - to coincide wit……続きを見る

A heart-rending memoir of love, loss and the unique relationship twins share. More than thirty years ago, David Loftus’s cherished identical twin, John, passed away. Ever since, a day hasn’t passed ……続きを見る

Vincent Van Gogh é hoje um mito. Um autor de obras que alcançam centenas de milhões de dólares no mercado e cujo valor artístico para a humanidade é simplesmente incalculável. Van Gogh só descobriu ……続きを見る

The renowned and highly influential architect, furniture-maker, interior designer and photographer Eileen Gray was born in Ireland and remained throughout her life an Irishwoman at heart. An elusive……続きを見る

For René Magritte, painting was a form of thinking. Through paintings of ordinary objects rendered with illusionism, Magritte probed the limits of our perceptionーwhat we see and cannot see, the nat……続きを見る

Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918 contain the names of 49,435 enlisted men who were killed in the First World War. Commissioned in 1919 by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and published in 100 eig……続きを見る